goatlover

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by goatlover 3mo ago
I believe those followed global extinction events thanks to large scale volcanic activity over long enough time frames to change the climate. Life did adapt, the life that survived. I'm not sure we want to run that experiment on human
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by goatlover 3mo ago
How many die from cold in the summer?
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by goatlover 3mo ago
It's a temperature range and percent likelihood. The warmer the planet, the greater the odds of experiencing these sorts of conditions.
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by goatlover 3mo ago
How do the markets know it's intelligent allocation before RSI is actually a thing? What makes those companies immune to failure?
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by goatlover 3mo ago
That would be a failure of imagination when it comes to everything secretaries actually do. Which is a problem with the idea that AI is coming for all our jobs anytime soon. It totally undersells everything humans do on the job.
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by goatlover 3mo ago
Could have sworn it was trying to convince Iran to accept a peace plan after killing their former leaders who would have committed to one.
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by goatlover 3mo ago
Should it be allowed to intentionally make addiction problems worse?
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by goatlover 4mo ago
The Yale economist Pascual Restrepo, who is well regarded researcher in automation, doesn't think it will happen for most jobs. https://fortune.com/2026/04/04/ai-jobs-future-not-important-...
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by goatlover 4mo ago
The economics and politics remain the same. Do we want to allow massive wealth disparity and fascist policies to prevail, while social safety nets and civil rights are dismantled? Technology doesn't change that.
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by goatlover 4mo ago
This is a narrative framing from the tech companies who started and continue the AI race. The current administration is following this framing because the tech billionaires helped them get elected, so they are getting their pay back. It&#x2
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by goatlover 4mo ago
And it's not the only thing being prioritized over people and planet, although it's related to ongoing promotion of fossil fuels and wars, along with increased political propaganda.
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Where's the threat that would necessitate a visit? It's not like he had a pizza delivered to the official's home.
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by goatlover 4mo ago
If the pandemic had been deadlier and even more infectious like measles or smallpox were, would you still be against mandates? Surely there is a scenario like airborne Ebola or 28 days Later Rage virus that would justify mandates.
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Science hasn't worked since 1986? HN has some of the wildest claims / exaggerations.
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Climate change being man made is a scientific fact as in humans are driving the majority of warming since the industrial revolution by pumping increasing amounts of green house gases in the atmosphere. This warming is simple physics even if
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Doesn't matter. His policies are to defund clean energy and promote continued fossil fuel use.
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by goatlover 4mo ago
> If it were about truth alone, the person who is right could be content with being right and not caring what others believe, just like they don’t care about 99.9999% of beliefs held by others either. Disagree, if you care about truth, y
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by goatlover 4mo ago
So it's only a fact if you can verify it, and not if the scientific community can? And you're consistent about this via all scientific findings you haven't verified like the balance in your bank account? You reject as fact an
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Do you doubt that greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere have gone up since humans started burning fossil fuels, and do you doubt the physics of how they trap solar radiation? Do you doubt that climate scientists know how to put
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Yes it's a scientific fact humans have been causing the current warming by burning fossil fuels since the industrial revoluton. You can make skeptical arguments against this is you're willing to dismiss empirical data and methodol
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Those rights came to exist in the west in response to kings and tyrants doing whatever they wanted at the expense of their subjects. Also because communities sometimes do bad things to people not able to simply drive away. Pretty sure Asia
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Why is it a problem to have US citizens being raised elsewhere? What bad thing is being caused by this?
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by goatlover 4mo ago
And if they do enough of that, the other two branches might eventually be motivated to take action to counter it, like packing the courts or impeachments. Or telling SCOTUS to enforce it, as one president did.
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Why do you think it's not a good idea?
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Trump's approval rating is in the 30s and has been for a while. He won a plurality not a majority of the votes in 2024. An even larger number of eligible voters didn't vote. Also Congress was meant to be the democratic representat
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by goatlover 4mo ago
So can rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. Can't expect the government to act lawlessly and there not be pushback.
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Unless you're an ICE agent. Then it's okay to execute citizens who are exercising their Constitutional rights. There is an inherent tension here in wanting the rule of law and peaceful democracy to prevail instead of political vio
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by goatlover 4mo ago
For clarification, the Jan 6th rioters were attempting insurrection, not protesting. The stroke and suicides were a result of the rioters actions.
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by goatlover 4mo ago
One might consider ICE detention centers to be morally equivalent to concentration camps. This sounds like the federal government trying to protect a controversial agency and immigration policy under the current regime, not ordinary citizen
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by goatlover 4mo ago
Don Lemon did no such thing. He covered the event as is his right as a journalist.

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